Garrya ovata, with the common names eggleaf silktassel, Mexican silktassel, and eggleaf garrya, is a plant species native to New Mexico, Texas, and to central and northern Mexico. The plant is usually found as an understory species in moist forests, such as Madrean pine-oak woodlands.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Garrya ovata across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Garrya ovata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens4
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences4
eDNA detections2
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★rbcL2★ITS2★ITS2trnH-psbA
plant barcodefungal barcodemarker
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualGarrya ovata carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Chromosomes2n = 22 n = 11
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 221×CCDB · book-fedorov
CCDB · book-fedorov — Turner (D. n. 1960)
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy74% within 1 km
≤100 m 11≤1 km 6≤10 km 4>10 km 2
23 georeferenced · 21 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor44
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy84% within 1 km
≤100 m 173≤1 km 11≤10 km 28>10 km 8
220 georeferenced · 113 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence333
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions34 of 42 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Durango, MX
70
Mexico City, MX
60
Austin, US
40
Chapingo, MX
17
Bronx, US
10
Saint Louis, US
10
EL PASO, US
10
Guasave, MX
8
Mexico City, MX
8
Ciudad de México, MX
8
ASUlocation not on record
7
Riverside, US
7
Anchorage, US
5
Fort Worth, US
5
Tlalnepantla, MX
5
Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record
4
Austin, US
4
Wuzhou, CN
4
Zacatecas, MX
3
BAYLUlocation not on record
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
3
San Angelo, US
3
Tampa, US
3
Denver, US
3
Puebla, MX
3
Lubbock, US
3
San Luis Obispo, US
2
Davis, US
2
Flagstaff, US
2
LDlocation not on record
2
Facultad de Zootecnia y Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahualocation not on record
2
Bloomington, US
2
Chadron, US
1
Linares, MX
1
Mérida, MX
1
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
Torreón, MX
1
Dekalb, US
1
Centro Cultural Santo Domingolocation not on record
1
Autlán de Navarro, MX
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Juriquilla, MX
1
42 institutions · 328 of 333 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Garrya ovata was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found2
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median21.3 °C 16.8–25.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter14.1 °C
Max temp (day)27.0 °C 23.0–31.0
Min temp (night)15.7 °C 10.3–21.0
Precipitation76.9 mm/mo 43.1–111
Air humidity55.3 % 51.8–58.9
Moisture balance-82.0 mm/mo -91.0–-73.0
Vapour deficit1,157 Pa 939–1,376
Wind speed3.80 m/s 3.60–4.00
Cloud cover27.6 % 26.0–29.2
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility377 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗